ilicet

Latin

Etymology

A contraction from īre (“to go”) + licet (“it is permitted”). Literally “it is permitted to go.” Compare scīlicet and vidēlicet.

Pronunciation

Adverb

īlicet (not comparable)

  1. let someone or something go
  2. it is over
  3. straightaway, immediately
  4. Said at the end of a Roman funeral ceremony.

References

  • “ilicet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ilicet”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ilicet”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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